Michael SalterBarrister · Employment Law20+ years in the Employment Tribunal
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Step 1 of 2 · Can I help

Before we start

* means I need an answer to that one before you can go on. Everything else is optional.

I sit as a judge at those four, so I cannot be involved in cases heard there. I can help with a case at any other Employment Tribunal.

Can I help

I am not able to take this one

Northern Ireland has its own system. Claims there go to the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal under separate legislation, and I do not practise there.

The Labour Relations Agency is the starting point in Northern Ireland. My free guides are written for Great Britain, so treat them with care, though a good deal of the process reads across.

Can I help

I am not able to take this one

I sit as a judge at the Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth and Southampton Employment Tribunals, so I cannot be involved in a case heard at any of them. That holds for paperwork as much as for appearing.

My free guides take you through the process stage by stage, and the Bar Council Direct Access Portal will find you a barrister who can act.

Step 2 of 2 · Your case

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* means I need an answer to that one before you can send the enquiry. Everything else is optional.

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It is named on your letters from the tribunal.

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Tick anything named in the tribunal's notice or order. This is one of the things that decides how much work the paperwork is, so it matters to the quote.

Your claim

Enough to run the conflict check and to see what the paperwork has to cover.

Your papers

Tick what exists. Please do not send anything yet: if I can help I will ask for it.

A rough figure is fine.

Witness statements are normally exchanged after the hearing bundle is prepared, because they refer to its page numbers. If there is a bundle, please tick it above as well.

Everyone giving evidence, both sides, including you.

All the statements together, both sides.

Everything you would send me: the tribunal documents, the contract, the correspondence, policies, notes, anything from a grievance or a disciplinary.

The other side, and you

The other side first, because that is what I check every enquiry against before I take it on. Your own details come after that.

Your employer or former employer, or the person bringing the claim if you are defending it. I need this to check I am not already acting against you.

Solicitors or in-house team, if you know. I ask because I am sometimes instructed by the firms on the other side, and I check that before I take a case.

Now your own details.

I will reply by email. I do not ask for a telephone number at this stage.

Not the whole story. The one thing you want the paperwork to do.

Keep it short. I will ask for the detail if I can help.0 / 750

Enquiry received

Thank you. That has reached me.

I will come back to you by email within two working days to say whether I can help and, if I can, to ask for the papers.

Nothing yet creates a relationship between us, and nothing in my reply will be legal advice. My terms of business come with the client care letter when I accept instructions, and my Practice Managers at 42BR Barristers will quote the fee.